Widely regarded as one of Edith Wharton's greatest achievements, "The Age of Innocence" is not only subtly satirical, but also a sometimes dark and disturbing comedy of manners in its exploration of the 'eternal triangle' of love. Set against the backdrop

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Walt Disney Animation Studios presents an epic tale of adventure and comedy with "Frozen." When the kingdom she loves is trapped in an eternal winter, it is up to Anna and the daring mountain man Kristoff to set out on an adventure filled with danger, magical creatures, and a hilarious snowman in order to find Anna's sister, the Snow Queen Elsa. Boys and girls ages 3-7 will love this full-color storybook based on the film.

The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton's most famous novel, is a love story, written immediately after the end of the First World War. Its brilliant anatomization of the snobbery and hypocrisy of the wealthy elite of New York society in the 1870s made it an instant classic, and it won the Pulitzer Prize in 1921. Newland Archer, Wharton's protagonist, charming, tactful, enlightened, is a thorough product of this society; he accepts its standards and abides by its rules but he also recognizes its limitations.

1. This is the first time that Chicken Soup has published separate books for younger teens and older teens, allowing more focus on issues specific to each age group. 2. Parents can be confident that the book their child is reading contains stories suitable for just that age. 3. The line is being updated with new covers, new interior layouts, excellent editing and up-to-date stories.

1. This is the first time that Chicken Soup has published separate books for younger teens and older teens, allowing more focus on issues specific to each age group. 2. Parents can be more confident that the book their child is reading contains stories suitable for just that age. 3. The line is being updated with new covers, new interior layouts, excellent editing, and up-to-date stories.

"39 Pounds of Love" is the heartwarming story of Ami Ankilewitz, an American-born Israeli who at the age of 1 was diagnosed with a rare form of Muscular Dystrophy that renders him immobile, except for one finger, which he uses to work as a 3D animator. His doctor predicted he'd die before the age of six. Over thirty years have passed and Ami, weighing only 39 pounds, still survives and "loves life", he is considered one of the world's greatest medical miracles.

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This deluxe 3-DVD pack features 6 films from the golden age of the silver screen, starring such Hollywood legends as Elizabeth Taylor, Cary Grant, Barbara Stanwyck and Gary Cooper. Spanning the '30s, '40s and '50s, this collection is a trip down memory lane like no other, featuring over 10 hours of laughs, drama, love and pain. Films included: "Life with Father", "Till the Clouds Roll By", "A Farewell to Arms", "Penny Serenade", "Father's Little Dividend", and "Meet John Doe".

"All These Things I've Done," the first novel in the Birthright series, introduced us to timeless heroine Anya Balanchine, a plucky sixteen year old with the heart of a girl and the responsibilities of a grown woman. Now eighteen, life has been more bitter than sweet for Anya. She has lost her parents and her grandmother, and has spent the better part of her high school years in trouble with the law.

"If readers are to come to Shakespeare and to Chekhov, to Henry James and to Jane Austen, then they are best prepared if they have read Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear, Robert Louis Stevenson and Rudyard Kipling," writes Harold Bloom in his introduction to this enchanting and much-needed anthology of exceptional stories and poems selected to inspire a lifelong love of reading.

"Jesus: The Desire of Ages" tells the familiar story in a fresh way, through the eyes of those who knew and loved the Son of Man. An inspiring and triumphant music score combined with imaginative visual artistry will grip your heart as you experience the reality of Jesus' ultimate sacrifice. This film is designed to lead the viewer into an intimate encounter with the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.

Features two different sides that help your baby's sense of sight to develop and mature. One side has high-contrast illustrations for early visual stimulation, ideal from birth to 3 months. Reverse side is ideal for ages 3 to 6 months and has colorful, more complex 3D figures and activities, to entice baby to tummy-time play. Recommended for Ages: Birth - 6 months

Growing up in a doomed hometown with a missing father and a single mother, Nicholas Dawidoff listened to baseball every night on his bedside radio, the professional ballplayers gradually becoming the men in his life. A portrait of a childhood shaped by a stoical, enterprising mother, a disturbed, dangerous father, the private world of baseball, and the awkwardness of first love, The Crowd Sounds Happy is the moving tale of a spirited boy's coming-of-age in troubled times.

What do you do when you've just graduated from college and aren't sure what your next step should be? Jenna Weber, whose Eat, Live, Run blog has a huge following, turned to culinary school-but to become a food writer, not a chef. Jenna's charming coming-of-age story follows her ups-and-downs as she confronts the rigors of training, gets her first job, deals with a family crisis, and enters into a love affair.

An "affectionate, touchingly empathetic" (Janet Maslin, "The New York Times") look at old age in America today Welcome to Canterbury Tower, an apartment building in Florida, where the residents are busy with friendships, love, sex, money, and gossip-and t

Even before he was shot dead on the stairway of the tony Grand Central Hotel in 1872, financier James "Jubilee Jim" Fisk, Jr, was a notorious New York City figure. From his audacious attempt to corner the gold market in 1869 to his battle for control of the geographically crucial Erie Railroad, Fisk was a flamboyant exemplar of a new financial era marked by volatile fortunes and unprecedented greed and corruption.

Millions of baby boomers are facing one of life's most poignant challenges-they are becoming parents to their parents. It is a turning point that Mary Pipher illuminated in her New York Times bestseller Another Country-and one that Judy Kramer knows well. Confronted with new emotional and practical challenges when her parents entered a nursing home, she navigated through a maze of medical bills and paperwork, gained valuable insight from visits with doctors and consultations with elder law attorneys, and found love for her parents in new and often surprising places.

Experience the magic of fairy tales with Disney Princesses Cinderella, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty in this interactive LeapReader Junior board book. Meet the princesses, and discover how theyre each unique and follow their hearts. Age 1-3 years. Learning to identify characters helps build reading comprehension skills. Explore logical reasoning skills by sorting and classifying objects based on their functions or how they are used.

Here are more scathingly funny tales from the wild side Laurie Notaro survived the debauched ride of her twenties and the bumpy road to matrimony. Now she's ready to take on the thirtysomething years. and "almost" middle age has never been more hilarious. Laurie is married, mortgaged, and now-miraculously-employed in the corporate world, discovering that bosses come in all shapes, sizes, and degrees of mental stability.

Love Songs of Carbon is Philip Gross;s 18th book of poetry, and is a coming of age - inhabiting the ageing body with a confident, inventive curiosity. At the same time searching, tender, intellectually agile, unexpected and erotic, this is poetry at home with great shifts of perspective, from the outer edge of science to the sensations at our fingertips.

"Mankind is Noodlekind" For three days in January 2007, the most e-mailed article in "The New York Times" was "appreciations: Mr. noodle," an editorial noting the passing, at age ninety-six, of Momofuku Ando, the inventor of instant ramen. Ando's existence came as a shock to many, but not to Andy Raskin, who had spent three years trying to meet the noodle pioneer.

In "Never Say Die," Susan Jacoby delivers a brave, impassioned, and exceptionally important wake-up call to Americans who have long been deluded by the dangerous myth that a radically new old age awaits the huge baby boom generation. Combining historical, social, and economic analysis with personal experiences of love and loss, Jacoby unmasks the fallacies promoted by twenty-first-century hucksters of longevity, and reveals the hazards of the magical thinking that prevents us from facing the genuine battles of growing old.

Why do they rub food in their hair? Why do they want to hear the same book over and over? Why do they love being naked? Between the ages of one and three, children can be delightful, affectionate, intelligent explorers of their newfound world. They c

This deluxe 5-DVD tin can features 10 films from the golden age of the silver screen, starring such Hollywood legends as Elizabeth Taylor, Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart and Bob Hope. Spanning the '30s, '40s and '50s, this collection is a trip down memory lane like no other, featuring over 15 hours of laughs, drama, love and pain. Films include "Life With Father", "Till The Clouds Roll By", "A Farewell To Arms", "Penny Serenade", "Father's Little Dividend", "Meet John Doe", "The Little Princess", "My Favorite Brunette", "Made For Each Other" and "Snows Of Kilimanjaro".

Fast approaching the age when bachelors go from seeming "curious "to seeming "weird, "Oscar-nominated documentarian Dana Adam Shapiro set out across the country with a tape recorder in search of modern answers to an age-old question: "Why does love die-and what can we do to prevent it from happening? " It all began as a self-help journey in the purest sense.

An illuminating, first-of-its-kind resource to help parents foster a love of writing in their child's life. New educational research reveals that writing is as fundamental to a child's development as reading. But though there are books that promote literacy, no book guides parents in helping their child cultivate a love of writing. In this book, Pam Allyn, a nationally recognized educator and literacy expert, reminds us that writing is not only a key skill but also an essential part of self-discovery and critical to success later in life.

John Armstrong Chanler known as Archie to his family was an heir to the Astor fortune, an eccentric, dashing, and handsome millionaire. Amelie Rives, from a Southern family and the goddaughter of Robert E. Lee, was a daring author, a stunning temptress, a

It all began as a self-help journey in the purest sense. A serial monogamist for more than two decades, Shapiro wanted to know why the honeymoon phase of his relationships never lasted until the actual honeymoon. Believing that you learn more from failure than from success, he spent the next three years criss-crossing the country with a tape recorder, interviewing hundreds of divorced people, hoping to become so fluent in the errors of Eros that he would be able to avoid them in his own love life-and one day be a better husband.

Shant Kenderian's visit to Baghdad in 1980, at age seventeen, was supposed to be a short one - just enough time to make peace with his estranged father before returning to his home in the United States. But then Saddam Hussein invaded Iran and sealed off

Crochet fans will love these fun new designs from Tanya Bernard. Created especially for kids aged 1 to 6, the 20 patterns and accompanying photographs include a range of delightful projects for all seasons.

"Is there still anything worth living for? Is anything worth pursuing, apart from money, love, and caring for one's own family?" Internationally known social philosopher and ethicist Peter Singer has an answer to these and other questions in this compelling new volume. "If we can detach ourselves from our own immediate preoccupations and look at the world as a whole and our place in it, there is something absurd about the idea that people should have trouble finding something to live for.

Applying decades of expertise in physics, computer science and economics, the author uses standard theories to paint a detailed picture of a world dominated by robots with technological brain emulations (or "ems").

This book articulates a new approach to medieval aesthetic values, emphasizing the sensory and emotional basis of all medieval arts, their love of play and fine craftsmanship, of puzzles, and of strong contrasts. Written for a general educated audience as well as students and scholars in the field, it offers an understanding of medieval literature and art that is rooted in the perceptions and feelings of ordinary life, made up of play and laughter as well as serious work.

Toys and sweets are just not enough for our children today. With an insatiable appetite for new things, children are eager to explore and learn. While these young customers rely on their instinct, not patience, to judge and pick what they love and hate, '

Bring color, sensuality and intimacy to any room with this beautifully executed art print by master artist Gustav Klimt. A detail print taken from the larger original work of art, 'Three Ages of Woman-Mother and Child,' this tender scene celebrates the love between a mother and her child. An Art Nouveau genius, Klimt is known for his rhythmic, flowing lines and rich palette.

This book articulates a new approach to medieval aesthetic values, emphasizing the sensory and emotional basis of all medieval arts, their love of play and fine craftsmanship, of puzzles, and of strong contrasts. Written for a general educated audience as well as students and scholars in the field, it offers an understanding of medieval literature and art that is rooted in the perceptions and feelings of ordinary life, made up of play and laughter as well as serious work.